County Honors Its Own At Veterans Day Ceremony
Newark deli owner who fought at Normandy given special recognition
Samuel Brummer fled Poland with members of his family in 1939 to escape growing Nazi terror. A few years later, the former refugee returned to Europe as a warrior, a soldier in the United States Army who landed at Omaha Beach in France during the D-Day invasion and witnessed firsthand an English Channel soaked red with the blood of his comrades. “I’m no hero. I was trained to do a job, just like every other soldier,” said Brummer, who lost hearing in one ear from the blasts of the howitzer he manned. “The honors really belong to those who never made if off the beaches of Normandy and out of the hedgerows of France.” Brummer, who opened -- and still works at -- Newark’s landmark Hobby’s Delicatessen and Restaurant 50 years ago, was the …
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